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FLAKE

Unique ID: SOMDOR1297

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Flake of banded orange and yellow-grey flint. A polygonal flake, broken at one end. Bulb and waves of percussion on the ventral surface. Several flaking scars on dorsal surface. There is some pressure flaking along one long edge. Glossy patina. Possibly part of a blade.

Notes:

PAL 813

Class: Utilised flake

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 4000 BC
Date to: 700 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30.5 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 2.86 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 21st September 1999

Personal details

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: SOMERSET CHILTHORNE DOMER

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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